Forward Error Correction and Digital Modulation (Module 7101)

This is the English counterpart of the German lecture 'Advanced Coding and Modulation'. This English course is in large parts congruent with the alternative lecture Advanced Coding and Modulation (ACM, German lecture with English documentation).

The lecture Forward Error Correction and Digital Modulation addresses the aspects of channel coding and digital modulation in modern communication systems.

The first part of the lecture covers different standard techniques of channel coding for error correction and error detection: linear block codes; cyclic codes; convolutional codes and their decoding; turbo codes;

In the second part the lecture deals the baseband and the bandpass transmission.

The second block extends Information Theory and establishes the principles of speech signal encoding. Eventually, the lecture leads to an overview of the state-of-the-art of speech coding technology and its applications, as for example mobile radio. The following topics are discussed in particular:

- Continuous (analog) sources with memory

- Sampling and quantization of analog signals

- Introduction to rate-distortion theory

- Linear prediction theory and differential waveform coding

- and an overview about the standards and applications of speech coding